Eyes Everywhere On Teachers

        Where does the power lay in public schools? The teacher or the student? Teachers do have the power to punish for behavioral issues, but the students and families pay teachers.

        Based on the new trend of “cyberbaiting,” a phenomenon in where students irritate the teachers to the point of total frustration that they yell or breakdown, all while another
student films the incident. In this new thing, the power is all in the students.

         However, this is a violation of the teacher’s rights, not only for filming without permission, but also for taking a situation out of context. This could potentially lead to a firing of the teacher of suspension.

        When these types of videos go viral, the principal and administration have no choice but to fire the teacher. Unfortunately, this has happened to about one in five teachers.

          Many people attribute this trend to the increase of violence in teens due to the constant coddling of parents. No matter what the cause of this, it breaches the teacher rights. This is considered a new form of bullying and is extremely unjust of students to perform this.

       The attack of teachers has reached a new level in this. Especially by the time of upper class age of high school, students know how teachers work and what makes them tick. They then use this knowledge to potentially ruin their teacher’s life.